Norwegian Meaning of brake

Bremse

Other Norwegian words related to Bremse

Definitions and Meaning of brake in English

Wordnet

brake (n)

a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle

any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants

large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant

anything that slows or hinders a process

Wordnet

brake (v)

stop travelling by applying a brake

cause to stop by applying the brakes

Webster

brake ()

imp. of Break.

of Break

Webster

brake (n.)

A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.

A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.

Webster

brake (v. t.)

An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.

A baker's kneading though.

A sharp bit or snaffle.

A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.

That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.

An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.

A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine.

An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.

A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.

An ancient instrument of torture.

FAQs About the word brake

Bremse

a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle, any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants,

lund,pensel,kratt,busk,chaparral,Kratt,kratt,skog,lund,Floke

akselerere,kjøring,fremskynde,skynd deg,skyve,hastverk,øke,akselerere,hjelp,oppmuntre

braize => braisere, brait => lys, braising => braisering, braiser => bradepanne, braised => Braisert,